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package com.sun.tools.rngdatatype;
/**
* A Datatype library
*
* @author James Clark
* @author Kohsuke KAWAGUCHI
*/
public interface DatatypeLibrary {
/**
* Creates a new instance of DatatypeBuilder.
*
* The callee should throw a DatatypeException in case of an error.
*
* @param baseTypeLocalName
* The local name of the base type.
*
* @return
* A non-null valid datatype object.
*/
DatatypeBuilder createDatatypeBuilder(String baseTypeLocalName)
throws DatatypeException;
/**
* Gets or creates a pre-defined type.
*
* This is just a short-cut of
* createDatatypeBuilder(typeLocalName).createDatatype();
*
* The callee should throw a DatatypeException in case of an error.
*
* @return
* A non-null valid datatype object.
*/
Datatype createDatatype(String typeLocalName) throws DatatypeException;
}